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600 BC
Chinese T'ai migration recorded

300 BC
Indian settlements bringing the Hindu religion

1000 AD
The Mons, from Burma, had established themselves in Central Thailand

1150
Suriyavarman II built Angkor Wat in today's Cambodia

1497
July 8: Vasco da Gama set out on expedidition to India via Africa stopping at Mombasa, Mozambique, Malindi, Kenya, and Quilmana trading centres

1516
Portuguese send an envoy to Thai Court and sign a treaty

1529
War with Burma 1529 - 1569

1571
The Spanish settle in Manila to trade and spread Christianity

1575
1575 - 1650 The Dutch, French, Danish, Arabs, Chinese and British established trade agreements

1782
Beginning of the Chakri dynasty under King Rama I

1833
1833 First American envoy to the Thai Court
1833 - 1847 Thai-Vietnam war

1868
1868-1910: Reign of King Chulalongkorn.

1905
1905 Slavery was abolished

1909
1909 Great Britain establishes protectorates

1914
1914 - 1918 WWI - Thailand joins the Allies

1917
Siam becomes ally of Great Britain in World War I.

1932
1932 Revolution and the obsolete monarchy is abolished

1939
Siam changes its name to Thailand ("Land of the Free").

1939
1939 - 1945 WWII Thailand declares war on the Allies

1946
King Bhumibol Adulyadej begins throne as monarch



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http://asianhistory.about.com/od/thailand/p/ThailandProfile.htm
http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/places-timelines/40-history-of-thailand-timeline.htm